Okay blogger friends. I know some of you may not know me well, and think that if you pointed out my errors I would be horribly embarrassed and think you were rude. That couldn't be further from the truth. I am one of those people that greatly appreciates the friend that points out the spinach stuck between my teeth. Granted, I do like the correction to be kind. Mean spirited making fun is not what I have in mind. Oh, and of course discretion is also appreciated. So now that we've got that cleared up. . .
I was just giving The General his spelling words. (I know, most 7th graders don't do spelling, but he's weird and likes it. Who am I to deny him?) Well, pseudonym was one of his words to spell today. When he asked me what it meant, I quickly googled the word to give him an exact definition. Here's what I found: pseudonym n. A fictitious name, especially a pen name.
What is the big deal? Why is that important? I just realized this whole time on my blog side bar, I had written that I'd given my children pseudo names. Very nice home school lady, it should be: I have given my children pseudonyms. Yep, I home school my children. Such a proud day for Mrs. Nomad.
On the up side. . .(the other thing you need to know about me. I'm a hopeless, or shall I say hopeful, optimist) this is exactly why I love teaching my children. I learn new things all the time, and I LOVE IT!
Okay, now I'm totally confused. As I'm spell checking this post, Lord only knows I don't want to misspell words and further my humiliation, psuedo name comes up as a correctly spelled word. So what is the story here masters of the English language? Have I been a bone head, or not?
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This does not surprise me at all that you would love to still be in school, you the girl who had a self imposed bedtime and homework if you felt under worked in school. And lets not for get getting up at 5:30 to be ready for the day. I do admit that I loved learning with my kids when we home schooled and all these years of working in the school, I have learned alot of really fun stuff...again!
ReplyDeleteProbably because "pseudo" is a word, as is "name" so independently, they are spelled correctly.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, either is correct. Have you listened to the news these days, or read newspapers? Some of the mistakes are atrocious.
ReplyDeleteI never noticed, but then, I refuse to home school my kids....I'm nuts enough as is.
I think you can appropriately use "pseudo names" in a casual context and that's why no one noticed! It would mean something like "fake names". See??
ReplyDeleteJody, you're right. I was a nerd.
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies. Remember, if I do happen to get spinach stuck in my teeth, or my fly is down. . .TELL ME! :)